Bringing down the Colonel a sex scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" woman who took on Washington /
"The story of the 1890s scandal in which a young woman named Madeline Pollard sued congressman William Campbell Preston Breckinridge for breach of promise. Pollard won the suit, and the mystery of who helped her pay the extravagant legal expenses in order to bring Breckinridge down illuminates...
| Main Author: | Miller, Patricia, 1964- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
CMU Main Books 3rd Floor
| Location | Call Number: | Status |
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| CMU Main Books 3rd Floor | E664.P75 M55 2018 |
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